The Latest Reviews

The latest reviews of whisky, gin and more

13/01/17BenRiach 22 Year Old Moscatel Wood FinishI generally always like whisky that's been matured in sweet wine casks so a Benriach, which is generally always great, finished in Moscatel, is an attractive proposition.

12/01/17SMWS 36.103 Ivory KeysThis Scotch Malt Whisky Society 36.103 Ivory Keys is one of those bogey distilleries where i've had issues in the past, with heavily sherried, so a bit wary of this first fill ex bourbon barrel.

11/01/17White Horse Glen ElginThis White Horse Glen Elgin dates back to the 1990s and was bottled exclusively for the Japanese market.

11/01/17Glenlivet CipherThe Glenlivet Cipher is a really interesting dram, it's a no age statement mystery dram from Glenlivet, in a similar way to Glenlivet Alpha.

10/01/17Timorous Beastie 21 Year OldThe Remarkable Regional Malts are tasty, very tasty, and Timorous Beastie is my favourite of the five malts, so trying this 21 year old Sherry edition is one I was really intrigued by.

09/01/17Mortlach 1997 Port Finish (Malts of Scotland)I'm a huge fan of port matured or finished drams, i really enjoy the jam like qualities that they have and prefer the sweetness from them to the mostly spicy, nuty oloroso casks that many others prefer.

15/12/16Glen Marnoch 28 Year OldI've got a large collection of supermarket malt samples to get through, but recently I had this 2016 release of a 28 year old Speyside single malt from Aldi, courtesy of a sample from my good friend Barry at The Whiskyphiles blog.

15/12/16Ben Bracken 27 Year OldI've got a large collection of supermarket malt samples to get through, but recently I had this 2016 release of a 27 year old Speyside single malt from Lidl, courtesy of a sample from my good friend Barry at The Whiskyphiles blog.

14/12/16Benromach 1973 VintageI've was lucky enough to be selected to join the Benromach Christmas Tweet Tasting, in conjunction with The Whisky Wire, and this 1973 vintage was the dram of the evening.

14/12/16Glendronach 1985 cask 1037 PX Sherry PuncheonThis 1985 vintage matured in PX is a bit of an odd-ball as i was expecting it to be far sweeter than it was, with notes of spices, and lindt chocolate with chilli being at the front and some gentle sweetness hiding in the background.

14/12/16Orchard Pig CharmerIt's almost Christmas and i'm still drinking Cider, this is yet another Supermarket find that i've picked up to try.

13/12/16Glendronach 2002 PX Sherry Puncheon Cask 1504I've been lucky enough to try a lot of good whiskies, some great whiskies and a handful of amazing whiskies over the years and even i was excited by the range of single casks in Glendronachs batch 14 releases.

13/12/16Glendronach 1996 PX Sherry Puncheon Cask 1485This 1996 single cask which was matured in a PX Sherry Puncheon hits all the right notes for me, frirst up no rubber, but it does pruens, sweetness and edges of that bitter dark chocolate that i love.